Brocatelle marble

Brocatelle marble has the reputation of being a fragile very beautiful hard stone. Brocatelle was quarried in the Jura and is found in two varieties, one yellow (photo 1) one violet (photo 2). There is also a mixed variety, less used and therefore rarer in antiques today. The oldest carved Brocatelle marble found wa sin Pompei. It is often used in the grandiose decorations of the 18th and 19th century: The Petit Trianon in Versailles, the Garnier Opera house in Paris.
There is a variety of violet Brocatelle that comes from Spain.

Bibliography:

J. Dubarry de Lasalle, Identification of marbles, Ed. H. Vial, Dourdan, 2000

J. Dubarry de Lasalle, The use of marbles, Ed. H. Vial, Dourdan, 2005

P. Julien, Marbels, From Quarries to Palaces, ed. Le Bec en l'air, Manosque, 2006

Marmi antichi, collective work, ed. De Luca, Rome, 1998